Temporal patterns in distributions of tropical fish larvae on the North West Shelf of Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 473-487

  Sampey, A ^a,c   Meekan, M G ^b   Carleton, J H ^b   McKinnon, A D ^b   McCormick, M I ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Cross shelf; El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Ichthyoplankton; Interannual; Larval fishes; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVA; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; NORTHWEST AUSTRALIAN SHELF;

PERCOIDEI; PISCES; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4544327934     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF03160     Document Type: Article

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